* descdata@att.net (descdata@att.net) [010830 19:44]: > Hi, I'm trying to get X Window System up and running. > I'm failing because I do not have a /dev/mouse. I > understand that at some point I was suppose to make this > a symbolic link to the real mouse device > (??/dev/psaux ??). > > Poking around, I found mouseconfig, a redhat utility, > which will (I hope)probe my ports and tell me clearly > and unambiguously what port is the ps/2 mouse. > > The problem at the moment is that mouseconfig is redhat > and I'm debian. Is there a debian equivalent to > mouseconfig? Is there anouther, better way to determine > with port is the mouse? > Sorry if this sounds like a smart-ass answer, but: a PS/2 mouse has a round connector; a serial mouse has a trapezoidal one. (And a USB mouse has a rectangle). Most likely, you have a PS/2 mouse, and the device you should use is /dev/psaux -- Vineet http://www.anti-dmca.org Unauthorized use of this .sig may constitute violation of US law. Qba\'g gernq ba zr\! |tr 'a-zA-Z' 'n-za-mN-ZA-M'
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